Podcast: Dave Winfield, the All-Star game and fixing your fantasy team This is The StewPod, our baseball podcast with a dash of pop culture. If you dig the show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes. We've got an All-Star edition of the StewPod for you this week, as we're joined by MLB legend Dave Winfield and Yahoo Sports fantasy expert Scott Pianowski. If you're looking for a podcast … [Read more...]

Cubs' Arrieta proves he's human, allows a run You may have heard that Cubs ace Jake Arrieta is good. Well, he faltered a bit -- just a bit, as many pitchers would have been pleased with his outing -- on Thursday during a 7-2 Cubs win, ending two streaks that were getting up into historical territory. First off, he did allow a hit to lead off the game, so he wasn't going to tie Johnny … [Read more...]

Bryce Harper would play in WBC if U.S. roster is built to win The United States has never won the World Baseball Classic, but the best player in the U.S. would like to change that. Washington Nationals outfielder and reigning National League MVP Bryce Harper said he is open to the idea of playing for the U.S. team next year in the fourth edition of the WBC but he would do so only if other … [Read more...]

They're already calling for Fredi Gonzalez's job in Atlanta The Atlanta Braves were supposed to be bad coming into the season. That's what happens when you trade off all your major-league assets for future considerations. It wasn't a big secret. Everyone knew the Braves were coming into the year in a clear rebuilding phase. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] Thus far, the club … [Read more...]

Rookie phenom Trevor Story on pace to make wrong kind of history Trevor Story's amazing April continued Wednesday night when he hit his ninth homer of the month during the Colorado Rockies' game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. His fourth inning bomb broke the National League rookie record set by Albert Pujols in 2001. Story's tremendous April came out of nowhere. He was in the mix to … [Read more...]

Netting at Nationals Park protects fans from a splintered bat If anyone is still objecting to safety netting at baseball stadiums, what happened during Wednesday's game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals should quiet them quickly. The game was being played at Nationals Park, and in the top of the seventh inning Cesar Hernandez came to bat against Gio Gonzalez. On … [Read more...]

Tigers desperately need Justin Upton's bat to wake up soon Detroit Tigers outfielder Justin Upton was seen as one of the jewels of free agency this offseason. It wasn't just his incredibly consistent track record, it was also the fact that Upton would be reaching free agency at a young age compared to most players.  [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] As a 28-year-old Upton was … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Manaeamania Follow @drewsilv and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter. When the Athletics demoted Eric Surkamp to Triple-A Nashville on Monday the assumption was that Jesse Hahn would be promoted this weekend to take the vacant rotation spot. Hahn nearly made the A’s rotation out of spring training and he has registered a 2.04 ERA over 17 2/3 innings (four starts) this year … [Read more...]

Dustin Pedroia makes Braves pay for embarrassing defensive blunder How poorly are things going for the Atlanta Braves right now?  On a night where they had two legitimate reasons to celebrate — Freddie Freeman's drought-ending home run and A.J. Pierzynski's 2,000th career hit — they still managed to lose in convincing fashion. In fact, they weren't even competitive, dropping Wednesday's … [Read more...]

Freeman breaks Braves' historic homer drought Freddie Freeman finally broke the Braves' homer drought. (USATSI) Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman hit a home run Wednesday evening in Fenway Park late while the Braves were in the process of losing 9-4 to the Red Sox. The Braves are now 4-17, but we must be talking about this home run for a reason, right? Two, actually! First off, this was … [Read more...]